Tag Archives: The Trustees of Reservations

02.10.2023 Not Quite the Racetrack PLaya

Posted on February 10, 2023 by Steve Gingold

I guess I could fib and say I visited the Racetrack Playa with the roaming rocks in Death Valley based on sharing this image. But I’ve not been there at all. Instead I found these nice mud cracks at North … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged intimate landscape, Massachusetts, mud cracks, New England, North Common Meadow, North Quabbin, Petersham, The Trustees of Reservations, western massachusetts | 18 Comments

05.15.2021 Stair-step Moss

Posted on May 14, 2021 by Steve Gingold

Although quite abundant this was my first encounter with Hylocomium splendens. Branched and strongly textured it is not at all like a ball of soft fiber that we often see and is more of a mat on the forest floor. … Continue reading →

Posted in Closeup Photography, macro photography, Nature Photography, Patterns in Nature | Tagged Bryophyte, Chesterfield, Chesterfield Gorge, glittering woodmoss, Hylocomium splendens, mountain fern moss, splendid feather moss, stairstep moss, The Trustees of Reservations | 25 Comments

05.13.2021 Trillium Thursday 2

Posted on May 13, 2021 by Steve Gingold

This is what will likely be the first of a few Painted Trillium-Trillium undulatum posts. For those of you who have been visitors to the blog over the years you know it is a personal favorite and the highlight of … Continue reading →

Posted in Closeup Photography, Flora, macro photography, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts, Wildflowers | Tagged Chesterfield Gorge, flora, Massachusetts, native flowers, native plant, native wildflower, New England, painted trillium, The Trustees of Reservations, Trillium undulatum, western massachusetts, Wildflowers | 19 Comments

12.06.2020 It’s a love/hate thing….

Posted on December 6, 2020 by Steve Gingold

the relationship that I have with winter. I’ve never been a fan of cold weather. Don’t like snow removal. Don’t like having to bundle up in bulky clothing. Don’t like my moustache coated with frozen nose drippings. Don’t like the … Continue reading →

Posted in Abstract, Closeup Photography, Ice, Intimate Landscape, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged abstract ice, Bear's Den, colorful ice, ice, ice prisms, ice scultures, intimate landscape, Massachusetts, natural scultures, New England, New Salem, North Quabbin, prisms, The Trustees of Reservations, water, western massachusetts | 26 Comments

11.12.2020 Bear’s Den Flow

Posted on November 12, 2020 by Steve Gingold

Bear’s Den has a very nice waterfall but, as with many brooks and rivers, the cascades up and downstream are attractive and offer some interest as well. A nice fall with a splash caught my eye here.

Posted in Closeup Photography, Intimate Landscape, Landscape, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts, Western Massachusetts Waterfalls and Cascades | Tagged Bear's Den, intimate landscape, landscape, Massachusetts, New England, New England Waterfalls, New Salem, North Quabbin, The Trustees of Reservations, water in motion, waterfall, waterscape, western massachusetts | 10 Comments

10.02.2020 Friday Night Fancy

Posted on October 2, 2020 by Steve Gingold

I’ll share two versions of one image. Actually it is one version but rotated for the second. I’ve shared images of Carter Pond and this one feature which offers some abstract compositions previously. But in reviewing old files I decided … Continue reading →

Posted in Abstract, Central Massachusetts, Intimate Landscape, Nature Photography, Patterns in Nature, Trustees of Reservations | Tagged abstract reflection, Carter Pond, Rock House Reservation, rock reflection, The Trustees of Reservations | 25 Comments

08.24.2020-2 Bet you weren’t expecting this

Posted on August 24, 2020 by Steve Gingold

I visited North Common Meadow, a Trustees of Reservations property in Petersham, MA this morning. The temp was cool and not a lot was happening. However, I saw this cattail stem and a leaf along with a couple of others … Continue reading →

Posted in Abstract, Intimate Landscape, Nature Photography, Patterns in Nature, Western Massachusetts | Tagged abstract, broad-leaved cattail, Cattail, intimate landscape, Massachusetts, native plant, native wildflower, New England, North Common Meadow, North Quabbin, Petersham, The Trustees of Reservations, Typha latifolia, western massachusetts | 21 Comments

07.28.2020-2 Striped Maple Abstract

Posted on July 28, 2020 by Steve Gingold

While walking in Bear Swamp last week looking for orchids, I came across a Striped Maple aka Goosefoot Maple-Acer pensylvanicum, just about a foot tall and laying on the ground. It was near the entrance and I guess that possibly … Continue reading →

Posted in Abstract, Closeup Photography, macro photography, Nature Photography, Patterns in Nature, Western Massachusetts | Tagged abstract, Acer pensylvanicum, Bear Swamp, Goosefoot Maple, leaf, Massachusetts, native plant, New England, Striped Maple, The Trustees of Reservations, variegated leaf, western massachusetts | 12 Comments

07.22.2020-2 On my knees in a fen

Posted on July 22, 2020 by Steve Gingold

I visited Bear Swamp in Ashfield, MA the other day looking for orchids that were mentioned to me by a friend. I went to the wrong part of the fen at first but did eventually find the orchid on my … Continue reading →

Posted in Animal Behavior, Closeup Photography, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged amphibian, Bear Swamp, eastern newt, eastern red-spotted newt, Massachusetts, New England, Notophthalmus viridescens, red eft, red-spotted newt, The Trustees of Reservations, western massachusetts | 35 Comments

02.04.2020 Bear’s Den Falls with Cascade

Posted on February 4, 2020 by Steve Gingold

Something to share from the archives while I sort through what I will save when transferring to the new desktop. I’ve moved most of the stuff I want to keep to an external drive and, of course, all my image … Continue reading →

Posted in Landscape, Nature Photography, Trustees of Reservations, Waterfalls | Tagged Bear's Den, landscape, Massachusetts, New England, New Salem, The Trustees of Reservations, waterfall, western massachusetts | 24 Comments